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Pregnant women smoking and drinking

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  • #92
    Zulu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,967 ✭✭✭✭Zulu


    hondasam wrote: »
    Majority of pregnant women have a sly cig everyday and go back on them the minute the baby is born.
    Have you any grounds for that comment or is it pure conjecture & speculation?


  • #93
    lazygal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    LorraineMcFly wrote: »
    and you sound very moody and moany i hope your partner isint straying:)



    Wow.


    I hope your children aren't taught to respond to people with such comments.


    Being a good mother isn't just about not smoking and drinking.


  • #94
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    LorraineMcFly wrote: »
    .... she isint in her right mind anyway shes 8 months gone, hormones.

    Last chance


  • #95
    billybudd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭billybudd


    Abi wrote: »
    Again, this thread isn't about other issues around pregnancy, it's about drinking and smoking. While it might be an addiction, a woman who smokes should make a conscience decision to quit before her pregnancy. Deciding to do both is selfish and harmful to the child.


    Not every child is affected by a mother who smoked during pregnancy. but they should give up for the term anyway to be sure to be safe.


  • #96
    hondasam
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    WoollyRedHat wrote: »
    Who smokes into her baby's face and gets its ear pierced... yeah she's probably wonderful all right, proper way to do it alright!

    Who are you to judge her?
    Zulu wrote: »
    Absolutely. I'm nothing special. If I can do it, you can.

    It's not that easy.


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  • #97
    billybudd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭billybudd


    LorraineMcFly wrote: »
    they do not! none of my friends do this. where do you get that info?


    Haha, you are friends with all the pregnant women in Ireland?:D


  • #98
    LorraineMcFly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 135 ✭✭LorraineMcFly


    Its only 9 months of your life, yes some people find quitting hard. But thousands dont, i really think some mothers dont even try to quit. they just say , oh its too hard and dont bother. its disgusting to subject an unborn child to smoke


  • #99
    Zulu
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    hondasam wrote: »
    It's not that easy.
    I didn't say it was, but it's not that hard either; it can be done, it's nothing special.


  • #100
    HemlockOption
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 239 ✭✭HemlockOption


    FatherLen wrote: »
    i am so glad i am a male.

    Especially when you realise that if pregnant - your life's worth is equal to that of a couple of dividing cells.


  • #101
    Zulu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,967 ✭✭✭✭Zulu


    HemlockOption wrote: »
    Especially when you realise that if pregnant - your life's worth is equal to that of a couple of dividing cells.
    ...like the way your life is currently equal to that of a couple of billion decaying cells?


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  • #102
    LorraineMcFly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 135 ✭✭LorraineMcFly


    billybudd wrote: »
    Haha, you are friends with all the pregnant women in Ireland?:D
    no but i work and have friends and family. only ever met one girl who smoked when pregnant and everyone in work was disgusted by her and rightly so


  • #103
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    LorraineMcFly wrote: »
    they do not! none of my friends do this. where do you get that info?

    Where did you get the info that majority of mother's quit?
    Zulu wrote: »
    Have you any grounds for that comment or is it pure conjecture & speculation?

    Considering the smoking police are out in force no one will admit to having a sly ciggie.


  • #104
    Seachmall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    LorraineMcFly wrote: »
    some people find quitting hard. But thousands dont

    I think those numbers are slightly skewed.


  • #105
    SunnyDub1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,439 ✭✭✭SunnyDub1


    Zulu wrote: »
    I didn't say it was, but it's not that hard either; it can be done, it's nothing special.


    For you maybe yeah... But not for everyone


  • #106
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    billybudd wrote: »
    Abi wrote: »
    Again, this thread isn't about other issues around pregnancy, it's about drinking and smoking. While it might be an addiction, a woman who smokes should make a conscience decision to quit before her pregnancy. Deciding to do both is selfish and harmful to the child.


    Not every child is affected by a mother who smoked during pregnancy. but they should give up for the term anyway to be sure to be safe.
    My mother smoked infrequently while pregnant with me. I was born a month too early and had to go incubation, and I was terribly underweight. I've suffered with lung problems all of my life as a result.


  • #107
    billybudd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭billybudd


    hondasam wrote: »
    Where did you get the info that majority of mother's quit?



    Considering the smoking police are out in force no one will admit to having a sly ciggie.


    I have a sly ciggie.


  • #108
    billybudd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭billybudd


    Abi wrote: »
    My mother smoked infrequently while pregnant with me. I was born a month too early and had to go incubation, and I was terribly underweight. I've suffered with lung problems all of my life as a result.


    sorry to hear that but alot of children have no side effects from their mother smoking, i know its wrong and expectant mothers shouldnt smoke.


  • #109
    D1stant
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    LorraineMcFly wrote: »
    agreed , she insulted me first. i apologise for stooping to her level. she isint in her right mind anyway shes 8 months gone, hormones.

    Meow

    Rocks, glasshouses etc


  • #110
    billybudd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭billybudd


    LorraineMcFly wrote: »
    no but i work and have friends and family. only ever met one girl who smoked when pregnant and everyone in work was disgusted by her and rightly so


    Gang mentality will not help that woman.


  • #111
    HemlockOption
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    Zulu wrote: »
    ...like the way your life is currently equal to that of a couple of billion decaying cells?

    not sure what you mean by that comment. I'm talking about the offensive constitutional position


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  • #112
    Mr Benevolent
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    LorraineMcFly wrote: »
    That even one drink can increase the risk of SIDS. Im 5 months pregnant at the moment.

    Oh for f*ck's sake, surely you don't believe that. No-one knows what causes SIDS. There are >23 possible causes so far and not one has been verified.


  • #113
    WoollyRedHat
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    hondasam wrote: »
    Who are you to judge her?



    .

    It's expressing an opinion, it's not like I actually told her what I've posted, but it's fairly bad parenting to get your babys ear pierced and smoke into its face, I think most people would agree.


  • #114
    hondasam
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    Zulu wrote: »
    I didn't say it was, but it's not that hard either; it can be done, it's nothing special.

    It can be done. If a pregnancy is unplanned you will be smoking not knowing you are pregnant.


  • #115
    Seachmall
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    LorraineMcFly wrote: »
    i really think some mothers dont even try to quit. they just say , oh its too hard and dont bother.

    In fairness it is the most addictive of all popular/mainstream drugs.


  • #116
    LorraineMcFly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 135 ✭✭LorraineMcFly


    Confab wrote: »
    Oh for f*ck's sake, surely you don't believe that. No-one knows what causes SIDS. There are >23 possible causes so far and not one has been verified.
    agreed so would you risk it then? what if light alcohol risk is a cause? is it worth the risk


  • #117
    [Deleted User]
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    WoollyRedHat wrote: »
    it's fairly bad parenting to get your babys ear pierced ....... I think most people would agree.

    Can't say I agree with the ear piercing thing. Personally I don't like it, but it doesn't make you a bad parent. In spain, most female babies get their ears pierced while they are still in the hospital.

    Totally agree with the smoking though.


  • #118
    Zulu
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    hondasam wrote: »
    Considering the smoking police are out in force no one will admit to having a sly ciggie.
    So that's a no then, it's pure conjecture & speculation - just so we are all clear.
    SunnyDub1 wrote: »
    For you maybe yeah... But not for everyone
    Pregnancy isn't easy but it's only for 9 months. I'd have found having the real danger poised to my new baby as great motivation to give up. It would have made it a lot easier for me to quit.


  • #119
    SunnyDub1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,439 ✭✭✭SunnyDub1


    WoollyRedHat wrote: »
    It's expressing an opinion, it's not like I actually told her what I've posted, but it's fairly bad parenting to get your babys ear pierced and smoke into its face, I think most people would agree.


    Whats wrong with having you ears pierced ??? :confused:

    My mam got all our (myself, sisters) ears pierced as babies.. and we're all fine :confused::confused::confused:


  • #120
    Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 672 ✭✭✭Battered Mars Bar


    hondasam wrote: »



    It's not that easy.

    Probably not for weak people but then again nothing is, is it.


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  • #121
    cynder
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    I got plastered the one night, really badly, my boyfriend had broken up with me so i got drunk. A week later i took a pregnancy test, i was 5 weeks pregnant. I now have a 12 year old* who thankfully suffered no ill affects from my drunken binge. That was the second last time in the last 13 years that i was drunk.

    I dont smoke so that wasnt an issue.

    * i married her dad and we have 2 boys...


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